Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of chicory with large roots, and forming a close head of leaves like that of a Cos lettuce.
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- noun
endive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
- noun widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And popular “Belgian endive,” also known as witloof “white-head”, is a double-grown, slightly bitter version of an otherwise very bitter chicory.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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And popular “Belgian endive,” also known as witloof “white-head”, is a double-grown, slightly bitter version of an otherwise very bitter chicory.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Stuffed Belgian endive for the Americans! she had shouted, and witloof chicory salad for the Europeans!
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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Stuffed Belgian endive for the Americans! she had shouted, and witloof chicory salad for the Europeans!
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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Belgian “endive,” witloof: tight elongated head of blanched crisp leaves
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Belgian “endive,” witloof: tight elongated head of blanched crisp leaves
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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You can also plug small spaces with Florence fennel and witloof chicory.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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A simple salad of bitter witloof and strips of crunchy apple cleansed the palate and made way for the delicate elderflower jelly.
New Zealand Herald - Top Stories newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz 2010
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Kitchen note: You can use other bittersweet endives - choose from witloof chicory, chicoria, puntarelle, frisee . . .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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You can also plug small spaces with Florence fennel and witloof chicory.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
sionnach commented on the word witloof
Endive (literally 'white-leaf')
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word witloof
Sounds like a strange sort of sliced bread.
April 2, 2008
sionnach commented on the word witloof
Kind of like Wunderbrot.
April 2, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word witloof
More specifically, a type of Belgian endive whose whitish coloration is achieved by blanching in cellars.
January 4, 2009